The Saudi Food and Drug Agency (SFDA) is scheduled to complete Saturday tests to ensure the safety of the swine flu vaccine. SFDA Executive President Muhammed Al-Kanhal told Okaz Friday that the tests were still being conducted at the SFDA laboratories but that the agency would maintain full transparency in announcing the results, whether positive or negative. Ziyad Maimish, the Undersecretary for Preventive Medicine, said the higher committee tasked with the issue of swine flu would meet Sunday with the SFDA officials to discuss test conclusions. Maimish denied that students in the Eastern Province were being inoculated with the swine flu vaccine, saying that the vaccines will only be administered upon completion of the tests. Maimish added that no confirmed swine flu cases had yet been reported among students across the country. Meanwhile, The American Medical Association has launched a free interactive website built with partners Microsoft and personal health record provider Healthy Circles for parents worried about their child's flu symptoms but don't want to risk a visit to a germ-infested waiting room. The website, AMAfluhelp.org, offers information about seasonal and H1N1 pandemic flu and gives advice on when to seek a doctor's help.
